Friday, June 4, 2010

On Tuesday, we gave away a grain mill, courtesy of CSN Stores. Well, today they are giving away another great item! CSN Stores is a great website that offers everything from track lighting to...... you guessed it, food storage items! They also have the website Cookware.com, which is a fun place to shop around online for all your kitchen needs.

Anyway, today CSN Stores is offering a Nesco/American Harvest Dehydrator! It's the perfect item for preserving your fruits and veggies that will grow in your huge gardens this summer... right? :) I wish we could have a garden but since we're moving I don't see that happening... I'll have to find some great farmer's markets and stock up there this year.

Anyway, to enter this giveaway, just leave a comment on this post telling us:

What is your favorite thing to dehydrate? I know many of you have done it before. Is it apples? Onions? Beef jerky? Or do you specialize in fruit roll-ups? Or, if you haven't dehydrated anything before, what's your favorite dehydrated snack?

I had some incredible beef jerky last week that made me want to bust out my own dehydrator (passed down to me from my mom) and make a big batch. I love jerky!

One comment per person, please. This giveaway is open until Saturday at 9 a.m. EDT. We will announce the winner on Saturday sometime.

My favorites to dehydrate: #10 cans of tomato sauces/puree to make tomato leather and frozen vegies. I pickup the #10 cans and 5pound bags of frozen vegies at Sam's Club or Gordon Food Service. By dehydrating I save space in the freezer or in storage.

My mom has a dehydrator and growing up we made apples, bananas, apricots from her tree, cherries, all kids of fruits. Best of all beef jerky, home made beef jerky is so much better than store bought! I would love to have my own dehydrator!

By far, our favorite thing to dry is peaches!! Not only are they delicious just as they are, they make the BEST fried pies!Drying anything is such a space saver, and you can take advantage of seasonal bounties, so it's a money saver, too!

The only thing I ever tried dehydrating was some applesauce and some mashed peaches to make fruit roll ups. that was in the oven and it didn't turn out all that great.I do love jerky and apple slices and banana chips, and I would LOVE to make them!

We don't have a dehydrator...yet. It's on my list of things to get because I would love to make my own fruit roll ups. Our favorite dehydrated snack has been apples but my kids have recently discovered mangos as well.

I think my favorite thing in a dehydrator is hamburger jerky that a friend makes sometimes, that's what I'd make if I had a dehydrator and I'd do a whole lotta fruits in it too...is there any such thing a bad dried fruit

I keep looking longingly at dehydrators. I would LOVE to dehydrate the food out of our little garden. My favorite dehydrated snack is apples. My 18 month old will bring me the #10 can of dried apples and beg for some. =)

I have been wanting to get a dehydrator for awhile! I had one when the kids were little and I'd make 'fruit leathers' for them out of applesauce and baby food when it was on sale. Now we actually have fruit and nut trees and I've got access to 'food exchanges'. Since my oven broke, I can't even make my own.

Another chance at a dehydrator? *woot* I really would love to get one, I need to ask for one for my birthday if I don't win. We have apricots, nectarines, peaches, apples & plums...not to mention the nut trees, but my old dehydrator didn't last till we moved here.